Constituency
229. Nayagram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-NAYAGRAM
CPM 56.4%won by 24.6%INC 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.8% to 24.6%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1982.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.3% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
75,687
Margin
18,608
24.59%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1ANANTA SARENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM42,70656.4%
- 2DASHARATHI SARENIndian National Congress · INC24,09831.8%
- 3BHIMCHARAN KISKUIndependent · IND6,2318.2%
- 4MANGAL HANSDAIndependent · IND2,6523.5%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −28.8%
- CPM share
- 53.3% → 56.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —